Chapter 35 Buying a Store
After Zhu Chongba heard what his second brother said, he didn't answer immediately, because he had to think about what he had to do next.
Up to now, what Zhu Chongba wants to do has basically been completed, he has tasted the benefits of foresight, and he can really be said to be invincible.
Although Dadu hasn't seen it yet, Zhu Chongba has a feeling that if he only looks at Dadu, there is no problem, and the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty has concentrated all the people's fat and ointment that can be scavenged from all over the country to Dadu.
Now Zhu Chongba is thinking about how to do business here, most of them are at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and there are many opportunities for business, Zhu Chongba is ready to let his third brother stay in Dadu to do business.
This is a back road arranged by Zhu Chongba for his third brother, Zhu Chongba wants to use this way to change the so-called fate, because in Zhu Yuanzhang's memories, his third brother died early.
If his third brother stays in Dadu, he will not encounter the same thing as before, and in this way, maybe his fate can be changed.
This is Zhu Chongba's original intention of such an arrangement, but whether there will be other unexpected things in the future, that is something that is difficult to predict, and it can only be left to fate.
"Second brother, third brother, my arrangement is like this, third brother, you will be stationed in Dadu, wait a minute, let's go buy a courtyard, this courtyard is the office of our Zhu family firm in Dadu in the future." Zhu Chongbayi used a lot of modern nouns, so that his second brother and third brother were stunned when they heard it.
Zhu Chongba looked at the two of them with incomprehensible expressions, so he had to say again, "Third brother, we will buy a yard later, you will guard here, let the second brother escort the grain, and our three brothers will work together to do a good job in this business." ”
At this moment, his two brothers understood that of course the idea was unanimously approved, and then, they went around beautifully in the capital.
Zhu Chongba spared no expense to buy a courtyard, which was not only large, but also not very prominent, so that he would not suffer from the swords.
In his memory, Xu Da conquered Dadu back then, and almost captured Dadu without bloodshed. So Zhu Chongba thought about it again and again, and felt that this courtyard was still okay.
If we take military terms, it means that you can attack if you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.
After buying this courtyard, the three brothers were looking for a restaurant on the street, and then his second brother spoke, "It would be nice if I could open a restaurant, I have thought of the name, it is the old store of the Zhu family." ”
When Zhu Chongba heard it, he felt that the name was very auspicious, and he just wanted to be a century-old store, "Okay." Let's go find out! ”
The three brothers found a restaurant, which looked very good. They had a meal in it now, and then Zhu Chongba said, "Second brother, what do you think of this shop?" If we can, let's buy this store, how about it? ”
When his second brother heard this, of course he was very happy, "If that's the case, it's really great." But if people's business is so good, will they sell? ”
Zhu Chongba thought for a while, didn't speak immediately, he looked around inside and outside the restaurant a few times, he was also thinking about this matter, if this restaurant is not sold, then what should I do?
This is a restaurant opened by Han people, and the taste of the food is still good, if you rashly ask people if they sell this restaurant, it is estimated that the answer is that it will not be sold, which is not the result that Zhu Chongba wants.
At this moment, a large group of Mongolians came in from outside, Zhu Chongba had only seen the Semu people before, although there were also Mongolians in the grain trading market, but he was patronizing other things at that time, and he didn't pay attention to it.
This was the first time he had seen so many Mongolians, Zhu Chongba stood still and didn't move, he didn't want to touch this mold. He came here for money, and his attitude was that more was better than less.
"Come out of the store!" A Mongol shouted at the door.
When the shopkeeper saw that it was a Mongolian, he was immediately frightened, "How many masters?" What's the matter? When he said this, the shopkeeper was trembling all over. Of course, he was very afraid, the status of the Han people here is really very low.
"The shopkeeper, your store is really good, we want to buy your store, are you optimistic?" A Mongolian said.
When the shopkeeper saw that it was a Mongolian, he immediately became nervous, these people said that they were buying a shop, but in fact, they were robbing it, because they had never heard of a Mongolian who would give money after buying it, and the shopkeeper didn't know how to answer for a while.
At this time, Zhu Chongba felt that the opportunity came, "Don't forget our agreement!" Yesterday you already said that this shop sold it to me. ”
When the shopkeeper heard this, it was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said, "Childe, don't worry, I haven't forgotten, let's start the procedures in a while!" Then he said to the Mongols, "I'm sorry, but I've already sold this shop to this young man." I am creditworthy. ”
The Mongolian looked at Wei Xiaodong carefully, and then said, "In that case, we will take our leave." With that, he left.
At this moment, the shopkeeper was a little unconvinced, so he left, when did the Mongols become so good at talking, and then he said to Zhu Chongba, "Thank you for your help." ”
Zhu Chongba looked at him in surprise, and then said, "I'm not doing you a favor, I really want to buy this store, and you just agreed." ”
The shopkeeper was confident at this time, and after a pause, he said, "If you want me to sell this store to you, is that possible?" Besides, do you have any money? ”
Zhu Chongba wanted to get angry, but he endured it again and again, and then said, "How much do you say?" ”
The shopkeeper originally wanted to say that no matter how much money you give me, I won't sell it, but after thinking about it, he deliberately said a very high price, and all the things in his store added up, at most no more than five hundred taels of silver, but the shopkeeper said a price, "Fifteen hundred taels of silver." ”
If this price were an ordinary person, he wouldn't have paid attention to it at all, because the price was too high, but Zhu Chongba was angry now, and he didn't bargain at all, "Okay, deal, I hope you don't regret it." ”
When the shopkeeper heard this, he was overjoyed, "Don't worry!" Master, I definitely won't regret it, I hope you don't regret it either, so let's do it, you give me the silver, and then give you the title deed of this shop. ”
Zhu Chongba's two elder brothers secretly said to Zhu Chongba that the price was too high, but Zhu Chongba ignored it.